| Chronology | |
| JULY 26, 1856 | G. Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin. |
| MARCH, 1876 | Shaw moved to London. |
| 1879 | Shaw became a councilor for the London Borough of St. Pancras. |
| 1881 | Shaw fell in love with Alice Lockett. |
| 1882 | Shaw was deeply affected by the lecture of Henry George on land nationalization. |
| 1884 | He joined the Fabian Society. He became vegetarian. |
| 1887 | He wrote ‘The True Radical Programme’. |
| 1890 | He gave a lecture on Ibsen to the Fabian Society. |
| 1891 | His play ‘Ghost’ was produced privately by the Independent Theatre Society. |
| 1892 | He wrote ‘The Fabian Election Manifesto.’ |
| 1893 | He being one of the Fabian delegates, attended the conference in Bradford. |
| 1897 | Shaw favored gradualism over revolution. His play ‘Devil’s Disciple’ was staged in New York. |
| 1898 | Shaw married Charlotte Payne. His play ‘Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant’ was published. |
| 1900 | He wrote ‘Fabianism and the Empire’. |
| 1902 | He wrote a play ‘Man and Superman’ with the political theme. |
| 1904 | He wrote a play ‘John Bull’s Other Island’. |
| 1905 | He wrote a play ‘Major Barbara’ which dealt with issues like poverty and women’s rights. |
| 1914 | Shaw opposed Britain’s involvement in First World War. He created controversy by provoking pamphlet on ‘Common Sense About War.’ |
| 1923 | He wrote the play ‘St. Joan’. |
| 1925 | Shaw was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature. |
| 1929 | He wrote the play ‘Apple Cart’. |
| 1931 | Shaw visited Russia. He met Stalin and Mrs. Krupskaya, the widow of Lenin. |
| 1932 | He visited South Africa with his wife, while travelling they met with an accident. |
| 1933 | Shaw visited United States of America and addressed the audience at Metropolitan Opera House in New York. |
| 1938 | His play ‘Pygmalion’ was filmed. |
| 1940-1941 | He wrote one of the screenplays ‘Major Barbara’. |
| 1945 | He wrote ‘Caesar and Cleopetra’. |
| NOV., 1950 | Shaw died at the age of 94. |